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But thou when thou fastest, anoint ... - That is, appear as you do daily. Do not assume any new appearance, or change your visage or dress. The J...
The fulfilled Law in Relation to the Life of the Pharisees. Mt. only, though the digression on Prayer ( Matthew 6:7-15 ) has parallels in Lk. M...
wash. Greek. niptd. App-136.
DISCOURSE: 1320 DIRECTIONS RESPECTING FASTING Matthew 6:16-18 . Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they...
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; Anoint thine head and wash thy face - These were forbidden in the Jewish canon on...
Anoint thine head— That is to say, "Affect nothing which is uncommon; and, rather than put on a sad countenance, which may shew to all around you...
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face - as the...
The Sermon on the Mount (continued) 1. God's approval, not man's, to be sought in all our actions. Jesus does not say that we are to do good expec...
The earthly treasure and the heavenly treasure. When do we lay up 'treasure in heaven'? Whenever we give alms ( Matthew 6:2 ), or pray ( Matthew 6:...
Precepts for private fasts (not in St. Luke). Our Lord says nothing of public fasts, because when every one else is fasting there is little temptat...
Anoint ] This may mean 'Anoint thy head as for a banquet,' but anointing was a common practice at all times.
Anoint thine head, and wash thy face. — Both these acts were rigidly prohibited by the traditions of the Elders on the Day of Atonement, and by imp...
Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to...
How to Pray and How to Fast Matthew 6:9-18 This might more fitly be termed the “disciples' prayer.” As we tread its stately aisles, we cannot b...
In the first verse the Revised Version has substituted the word "righteousness" for "alms," "a reading approved of, almost unanimously, by the great...
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. We h...
But thou, when thou fastest ,.... Christ allows of fasting, but what is of a quite different kind from that of the Jews; which lay not in an outward...
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; Ver. 17. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, &c. ] Not but tha...
When ye fast Our Lord does not enjoin either fasting, alms-deeds, or prayer, all these being duties which were before fully established in the Chur...
Verse 1 warns against practicing righteousness (margin) before men to attract their attention. This is self-righteousness, a mere show. How can we ex...
The Sermon on the Mount. 16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of...
Their Religious Exercises Are To Be Known Only To The Father And Not To Men (6:1-18). We will now, therefore, initially consider together the firs...
The Correct Approach To Fasting (6:16-18). The idea of fasting in Israel was that of expressing repentance for sin ( Nehemiah 9:1-2 ; Jonah 3:5 )...
But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face, That you be not seen of men to fast, But of your Father who is in secret, And your F...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 6:1 . Alms .— Righteousness (R.V.) is probably correct and shows the connection between this chapter and the preceding,...
Matthew 6:16-18 Let us ask what is the use of fasting, for so we shall best come to understand the true methods and degrees of fasting. All bodily...
Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. T...
Matthew 6:5 . And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners o...
Matthew 6:1 . Take heed that ye do not your alms before men. It is a dispute whether alms or righteousness be the true reading. The old copies had...
EXPOSITION Matthew 6:1-40 The relation of our Lord and his disciples to the religion of the day ( continued ); vide Matthew 5:17 , n...
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face,
The proper method of fasting:
2 Samuel 14:2 ; Daniel 10:2 ; Daniel 10:3 ; Ecclesiastes 9:8 ; Ruth 3:3
Anoint thy head — So the Jews frequently did. Dress thyself as usual.
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;